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The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: Selected Issues
This report begins with a brief legislative and regulatory history of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, with a brief description of how the program works. It also describes several selected program issues that have received recent congressional and stakeholder attention, issues identified in reviews of the program, and issues that have been raised by researchers, analysts, and other entities outside of the government.
Date:
October 29, 2018
Creator:
Hegji, Alexandra
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Deeming Resolutions: Budget Enforcement in the Absence of a Budget Resolution
This report discusses deeming resolutions, which are used by Congress as a substitute when budget resolution bills are not passed. It provides historical notes about how frequently deeming resolutions have been used and how they have varied, and also alternate options for budgetary enforcement.
Date:
October 29, 2018
Creator:
Lynch, Megan S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The “Farm Bill” in Brief
This report discusses the farm bill, which renewed about every five years, governs federal farm and food policy. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (P.L. 107-171) is the most recent omnibus farm bill, covering a wide range of programs including commodity price and income support, farm credit, agricultural conservation, research, rural development, and foreign and domestic food programs, among others.
Date:
May 29, 2007
Creator:
Johnson, Renée
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The DHL Airways / Astar Air Cargo Controversy and Legislation in the 108th Congress
None
Date:
December 29, 2003
Creator:
Robinson, Alan M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the Senate: Member and Committee Requirements
None
Date:
April 29, 2008
Creator:
Lynch, Megan Suzanne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
China as the World’s “Largest Economy”
Various media have recently reported that China has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest economy (a position the United States had held at least since 1913), based on estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP) measurements and projections made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This report examines the data and its policy implications.
Date:
January 29, 2015
Creator:
Morrison, Wayne M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Federal Government Debt: Its Size and Economic Significance
This report explains the different measures of the U.S. government debt, discusses the historical growth in the debt, identifies the current owners of the debt, presents comparisons with government debt in other countries, and examines the potential economic risks associated with a growing federal debt.
Date:
January 29, 2008
Creator:
Cashell, Brian W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Military Support to the Severely Disabled: Overview of Service Programs
The Department of Defense (DOD) and each of the military services have established new programs to care for the severely disabled, ensuring rehabilitative assistance and easing the transition back to civilian life. Congress has followed these initiatives with interest and recently directed DOD to develop policies and procedures to standardize these programs. This report examines the background for the new initiatives and provides a status of each program, including contact information.
Date:
March 29, 2007
Creator:
Henning, Charles A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Small Business Administration and Job Creation
The Small Business Administration (SBA) administers several programs to support small businesses, including loan guaranty programs, disaster loan programs, management and technical assistance training programs, and federal contracting programs. Congressional interest in these programs has increased in recent years, primarily because they are viewed as a means to stimulate economic activity, create jobs, and assist in the national economic recovery. This report examines the economic research on net job creation to identify the types of businesses that appear to create the most jobs.
Date:
January 29, 2015
Creator:
Dilger, Robert J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defense: FY2006 Authorization and Appropriations
This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress considers each year.
Date:
July 29, 2005
Creator:
Daggett, Stephen
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry: Federal Financial Assistance and Restructuring
This report focuses on the current situation faced by the Detroit 3, key aspects of their current crisis, including possible consequences of a failure of one or more companies, and some aspects of legislative actions that have been considered to bridge their financial conditions to a more stable situation.
Date:
May 29, 2009
Creator:
Canis, Bill; Bickley, James M.; Chaikind, Hinda; Pettit, Carol A.; Purcell, Patrick; Rapaport, Carol et al.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Crime and Forfeiture: The Innocent Third Party
Forfeiture has survived through time in American law, and since 1984, the use of forfeiture statutes to divest felons of their spoils has increased substantially. This report reviews the case law which raises the issue concerning many relative to whether some civil forfeiture proceedings constitute punishment which may violate the Eighth Amendment's excessive fines clause.
Date:
June 29, 1999
Creator:
Wallace, Paul S., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Estate, Gift, and Generation-skipping Taxes: A Description of Current Law
This report contains an explanation of the major provisions of the Federal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. The discussion divides the Federal estate tax into three components: the gross estate, deductions from the gross estate, and computation of the tax, including allowable tax credits.
Date:
January 29, 2003
Creator:
Luckey, John R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Flat Tax: An Overview of the Hall-Rabushka Proposal
None
Date:
November 29, 2011
Creator:
Bickley, James M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Japanese Nuclear Incident: Technical Aspects
Japan’s nuclear incident has engendered much public and congressional concern about the possible impact of radiation on the Japanese public, as well as possible fallout on U.S. citizens. This report provides information on technical aspects of the nuclear incident, with reference to human health.
Date:
March 29, 2011
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy
This report is about a free trade agreement between the United States and Bahrain.
Date:
November 29, 2007
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Allocations and Subdivisions in the Congressional Budget Process
The annual budget resolution sets forth total spending and revenue levels for at least five fiscal years. The spending amounts are allocated, or “crosswalked,” to the House and Senate committees having jurisdiction over discretionary spending (the Appropriations Committees) and direct spending (the legislative committees). This report very briefly discusses the allocations and subdivisions portions of the congressional budget process.
Date:
August 29, 2003
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues
This report discusses broadband Internet, examining what it is and the various technologies that allow for its transmission. Broadband or high-speed Internet access is provided by technologies that give users the ability to send and receive data at volumes and speeds far greater than access over traditional telephone lines; it also provides a continuous, "always on" connection (no need to dial-up) and a "two-way" capability, that is, the ability to both receive (download) and transmit (upload) data at high speeds.
Date:
May 29, 2007
Creator:
Gilroy, Angele A. & Kruger, Lennard G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy
This report discusses the political state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which under new leadership upon the November 2, 2004 death of its president, Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan al-Nuhayyan, has undergone a smooth transition, but it remains weak militarily and surrounded by several powerful and ambitious neighbors. Political reform has been minimal, but its relatively open economy and borders, particularly in the emirate of Dubai, have caused problems in proliferation, terrorism, and human trafficking. The United States has announced it will open negotiations with UAE on a free trade agreement (FTA).
Date:
November 29, 2004
Creator:
Katzman, Kenneth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Privatizing the Tennessee Valley Authority: Options and Issues
This report will discuss the history and role of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) mostly from an energy standpoint, considering current and future obligations, and other issues related to TVA’s provision of electrical energy. Issues for Congress may involve consideration of whether a federal role is still necessary to achieve the TVA Act’s objectives.
Date:
July 29, 2013
Creator:
Campbell, Richard J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Enron and Stock Analyst Objectivity
Stock analysts provide research on companies and make recommendations on their stocks. When analysts are employed by brokerage firms and provide information for the firms’ retail and institutional clients, they are called sell-side analysts. Analysts who work specifically for institutional investors like mutual and pension funds are known as buy-side analysts. Because of their widespread presence in the national media, sell-side analysts’ recommendations have become part of the public domain and they can have significant influence on stock prices. This report examines the performance of the stock analysts in the Enron case.
Date:
January 29, 2003
Creator:
Shorter, Gary
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Points of Order, Rulings, and Appeals in the Senate
The Senate’s presiding officer typically does not have responsibility for pro-actively ensuring that matters under consideration comply with the rules. Instead, Senators may enforce the Senate’s legislative rules and precedents by making points of order whenever they believe that one of those rules or precedents is, or is about to be, violated. This report briefly discusses the process by which a point of order is raised and ruled upon.
Date:
September 29, 2006
Creator:
Heitshusen, Valerie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Farm Commodity Policy: Programs and Issues for Congress
This report summarizes the subsidies that are available for about 25 agricultural commodities representing about one-third of gross farm sales.
Date:
May 29, 2007
Creator:
Monke, Jim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Issues and Summary
None
Date:
July 29, 2010
Creator:
Webel, Baird
System:
The UNT Digital Library